Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)

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Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)

Flower Wasps (Scoliidae, Thynnidae or Tiphiidae)

Parasitic wasps (numerous families)

Potter wasps (Vespidae, Eumeninae)

Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae)

Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae)

Spider wasps (Pompilidae)

Other wasps

Velvet Ants (Mutillidae)

Latest sightings

Unverified Wasp (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) at Karabar, NSW - Yesterday by Harrisi

Polistes (Polistella) humilis by LisaH

Psyllaephagus sp. (genus) (A psyllid parasitic wasp) at Braddon, ACT - Yesterday by Hejor1

Ropalidia plebeiana (Small brown paper wasp) at Duffy, ACT - 28 Sep 2025 by Miranda

Unverified Wasp (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) at Canyonleigh, NSW - 25 Sep 2025 by blacksheep

Unverified Flower Wasps (Scoliidae, Thynnidae or Tiphiidae) at Wodonga, VIC - 27 Sep 2025 by KylieWaldon

Unverified Flower Wasps (Scoliidae, Thynnidae or Tiphiidae) at Wodonga, VIC - 27 Sep 2025 by KylieWaldon

Unverified Wasp (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) at Morton Plains, VIC - 26 Jan 2015 by WendyEM

Unverified Parasitic wasp (numerous families) by SteveBorkowskis

Unverified Wasp (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) at Albury, NSW - 18 Sep 2025 by KylieWaldon

Unverified Wasp (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) at Symonston, ACT - 26 Sep 2025 by rawshorty

Ropalidia plebeiana (Small brown paper wasp) at Acton, ACT - 21 Sep 2025 by Clarel

Dicamptus fuscicornis at Reservoir, VIC - 24 Sep 2025 by Hejor1

Lissopimpla excelsa (Orchid dupe wasp, Dusky-winged Ichneumonid) at Olinda, VIC - 22 Sep 2025 by Hejor1

Vespula germanica (European Wasp, German Yellowjacket Wasp) at Gundaroo, NSW - 22 Sep 2025 by Gunyijan

Unverified Wasp (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) at Canyonleigh, NSW - 17 Sep 2025 by blacksheep

Ophelimus (genus) (Eucalyptus gall wasp) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 11 Sep 2025 by WendyEM

Leptocybe invasa (Eucalyptus Stem Gall Wasp) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 11 Sep 2025 by WendyEM

Dicamptus fuscicornis at Mount Dandenong, VIC - 20 Sep 2025 by Hejor1

Ichneumonidae (family) at Symonston, ACT - 20 Sep 2025 by rawshorty

Braconidae (family) (Unidentified braconid wasp) at Beechworth, VIC - 19 Sep 2025 by KylieWaldon

Dicamptus fuscicornis (Ichneumon wasp) by Aussiegall

Unverified Parasitic wasp (numerous families) at Whitlam, ACT - 19 Sep 2025 by LeahColebrook

Eupelmidae (family) at Melbourne, VIC - 18 Sep 2025 by Hejor1

Chalcididae (family) at Melbourne, VIC - 18 Sep 2025 by Hejor1

Chalcididae (family) at Melbourne, VIC - 18 Sep 2025 by Hejor1

Thynnidae (Family) at Wodonga, VIC - 17 Sep 2025 by KylieWaldon

Trichilogaster sp. (genus) (Acacia gall wasp) at Melbourne, VIC - 17 Sep 2025 by Hejor1

Campyloneurus sp (genus) (A Braconid wasp) at Denman Prospect, ACT - 11 Sep 2025 by Harrisi

Aphidiinae (subfamily) at Southbank, VIC - 16 Sep 2025 by Hejor1

Netelia sp. (genus) at Crace, ACT - 14 Sep 2025 by GG

Ophelimus (genus) (Eucalyptus gall wasp) at Watson, ACT - 15 Sep 2025 by abread111

Netelia sp. (genus) at Lawson, ACT - 12 Sep 2025 by TimL

Unverified Wasp (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) at Higgins, ACT - 14 Sep 2025 by Untidy

Polistes (Polistella) humilis (Common Paper Wasp) at Lavender Bay, NSW - 9 Sep 2025 by ConBoekel

Unverified Flower Wasps (Scoliidae, Thynnidae or Tiphiidae) at Campbell, ACT - 22 Aug 2025 by mcosgrove

Netelia sp. (genus) by Paul4K

Chalcididae (family) at Casey, ACT - 13 Sep 2025 by Hejor1

Chalcididae (family) at Casey, ACT - 13 Sep 2025 by Hejor1

Diamma bicolor at Casey, ACT - 13 Sep 2025 by Hejor1

Ichneumonidae (family) at Casey, ACT - 13 Sep 2025 by Hejor1

Braconidae (family) (Unidentified braconid wasp) at Moruya, NSW - 12 Sep 2025 by LisaH

Unverified Flower Wasps (Scoliidae, Thynnidae or Tiphiidae) at West Wodonga, VIC - 11 Sep 2025 by KylieWaldon

Ophelimus maskellii (Eucalyptus Gall Wasp) at Campbell, ACT - 11 Sep 2025 by Hejor1

Isodontia sp. (genus) (Unidentified Grass-carrying wasp) at Campbell, ACT - 11 Sep 2025 by Hejor1

Isodontia sp. (genus) (Unidentified Grass-carrying wasp) at Campbell, ACT - 11 Sep 2025 by Hejor1

Chalcididae (family) at Braddon, ACT - 12 Sep 2025 by Hejor1

Ichneumonidae (family) at Braddon, ACT - 12 Sep 2025 by Hejor1

Unverified Spider wasp (Pompilidae) by MazzV

Unverified Wasp (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) by MazzV

Unverified Potter wasp (Vespidae, Eumeninae) by MazzV

Unverified Wasp (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) by MazzV

Unverified Wasp (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) by MazzV

Unverified Wasp (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) by MazzV

Unverified Wasp (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) by MazzV

Unverified Wasp (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) by MazzV

Unverified Social or paper-nest wasp (Vespidae, Polistinae or Vespinae) by MazzV

Unverified Wasp (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) by MazzV

Unverified Wasp (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) by MazzV

Unverified Potter wasp (Vespidae, Eumeninae) by MazzV

Unverified Potter wasp (Vespidae, Eumeninae) by MazzV

Unverified Wasp (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) by MazzV

Unverified Wasp (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) by MazzV

Polistes (Polistella) humilis (Common Paper Wasp) at Parkes, ACT - 9 Sep 2025 by Hejor1

Ichneumonidae (family) at Symonston, ACT - 9 Sep 2025 by rawshorty

Ampulicidae (family) at Russell, ACT - 8 Sep 2025 by Hejor1

Ropalidia plebeiana (Small brown paper wasp) at Higgins, ACT - 18 Aug 2025 by AlisonMilton

Vespula germanica (European Wasp, German Yellowjacket Wasp) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 5 Sep 2025 by WendyEM

Unverified Flower Wasps (Scoliidae, Thynnidae or Tiphiidae) at Birdsville, QLD - 21 Aug 2025 by HelenCross

Trichilogaster sp. (genus) (Acacia gall wasp) at Gherang, VIC - 4 Sep 2025 by WendyEM

Bethylidae (family) at Amaroo, ACT - 7 Sep 2025 by Hejor1

Ophelimus maskellii (Eucalyptus Gall Wasp) at Amaroo, ACT - 7 Sep 2025 by Hejor1

Unverified Parasitic wasp (numerous families) at Bandiana, VIC - 6 Sep 2025 by KylieWaldon

Unverified Flower Wasps (Scoliidae, Thynnidae or Tiphiidae) at Bandiana, VIC - 6 Sep 2025 by KylieWaldon

Vespula germanica (European Wasp, German Yellowjacket Wasp) at Bandiana, VIC - 6 Sep 2025 by KylieWaldon

Brachymeria sp. (genus) by amiessmacro

Chrysididae (family) (Cuckoo wasp or Emerald wasp) at Crowther, NSW - 5 Sep 2025 by KooragindiJohn

Apocrita (suborder) at Russell, ACT - 5 Sep 2025 by Hejor1

Netelia sp. (genus) at Curtin, ACT - 5 Sep 2025 by Stred

Ichneumonidae (family) at Flynn, ACT - 3 Sep 2025 by Christine

Unverified Wasp (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) by chriselidie

Unverified Wasp (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) at Yarralumla, ACT - 31 Aug 2025 by Harrisi

Unverified Wasp (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) at Bruce, ACT - 1 Sep 2025 by MegFluke

Ichneumonidae (family) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 4 Dec 2024 by WendyEM

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LisaH wrote:

2 hrs ago

Amazing - and the nests are incredible structures, so precise and mathematical

Polistes (Polistella) humilis

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

2 hrs ago

These are female wasps, laying eggs for new young to add to the growth of the colony.

Polistes (Polistella) humilis

KimberiRP wrote:

Yesterday

A male Flower Wasp of family Thynnidae, probably genus Thynnus.

Thynnus sp. (genus)

rawshorty wrote:

27 Sep 2025

Looks like an Ant to me?

Unverified Wasp (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)

KylieWaldon wrote:

27 Sep 2025

These are wasps of the same species mating rawshorty. big size difference!

Unverified Wasp (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)

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